Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

W. L. LINDER.

NEOKTIE FASTENER.

No. 297,275. Patented Apr. 22,1884.

UNTTED STATES PATENT EETQE.

IVILLIAM L. LINDER, OF BURLINGTON, IO\VA.

NECKTIE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,275, dated April 22, 1884.

Application filed December 31, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM L. LINDER, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Attaching Neckties; and I hereby declare the fol.- lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the device ready to be attached to the cravat. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing a cravat with the attaching device in position. Fig. 3 is a detail to be referred to.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheaply-constructed and easily-operated fastening which on being secured to the cravat, scarf, or necktie of any kind will hold it properly to the collar and collar-button, and is an improvement on Patent No. 289,670, issued to me December 4, 1883; and it consists in a wire fastening of a peculiar conformation, as shown in my former patent, secured to the cravat by a swiveled or hinged pin, as hereinafter described and claimed. 4

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is the usual shield or stiffening-piece of a necktie or cravat, and B the fastener, which is secured to the necktie or cravat by means of pin b. The fastener is made of wire, either fiat or round, bent at a a, and the ends a a bent back parallel with said shield, as shown and described in my former patent. On the rear of the fastener is hinged the pin 2), for attaching the fastener to the cravat or necktie. The fastening-pin b as heretofore constructed was stiff and unyielding, and consequently difficult to secure in position. My present improvement overcomes this difficulty, as the pin by being loosely swiveled or hinged becomes pliable and practical, and is comfortable to the wearer.

This fastener is adapted to be used with any kind of collar-standing or foldingand may be used with every variety of necktie without departing from the spirit of my invention.

To attach the fastener to the cravat or necktie for a standing collar, insert the pin 1) downward, so as to cause the hooks a a to stand vertically at a point opposite the collar-but ton. To apply the tie or cravat, insert the hooks a a upwardly between the collar-band and the collar, straddling the shank of the collar-button. The wire between and connecting the bends a a may be bent, so as to form a catch for the upper edge of the collar-button; but practically this will be found unnecessary, as thetendency of the cravat is to move upward and not downward. The hooks a, a, straddling the shank of the collar-button, prevent the cravat from moving to either side, as described in my former patent.

For a folding or turn-down collar, the pin 1) must be inserted upward, as shown in Fig. 2, when the whole device will be reversed and its operation changed. To apply the necktie now, the bends a a are hooked over the top of collar-band and collar until the points or ends a a slip over the former, when the tie is again pulled down and the shield A inserted under the corners of the collar. As in the case of a standing collar, the device straddles the collar-button and lateral movement is prevented. The pin 1) may be made of sufficient length to be turned back on the necktie, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to secure the fastener permanently to the tie.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved necktie-fastener, consisting of the two upright or vertical hooks a a, adapted to be hooked over the collar, and the rearwardly-projecting hinged pin b, for attachment to the cravat, all substantially as herein set forth.

\VILLIAM L. LINDER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED S. LUND, HENRY BosMEYER. 

